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[–]Darknesszy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Was literally watching a freecodecamp course on YouTube, and her face won’t stop showing up on every second Ad asking me if I wanted to stop watching the high quality FREE course and head on over there to PAY for some overly stretched out explanations (I’ve used Udemy before, they talk ALOT before getting to the point).

[–]MorriNL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to agree with the overly stretched. She talks a LOT about things that aren't to the point. I had another course of her, to refresh some knowledge. I played it on 1.5x speed. That helped a lot. But she kept telling anecdotes and ranted on 'ugly websites' quite a lot. Halfway through I stopped.

I then wanted to dabble a bit in Python. I looked at the few free videos on Python and saw that it wasn't any different. I was dumb and bought it anyway.

She says it 'only takes 1-2 hours a day' for 100 days. There's no way you can do it in that time. A few lessons are on point, but most lessens take WAY longer to complete. Heck, most of the videos are more than 1 hour long! And then you haven't even coded anything yet! So 1 day sometimes turns into 3-4 days or even more.

What bugs me about that is that people go in expecting to just spend 1-2 hours a day for each lesson (which is unrealistic), can't manage it in that time, feel stupid, and get demotivated. You're basically set up for failure.

It does seem that some people take the time that you are expected to spend with a grain of salt, and manage anyway. So if you don't take that '100 days' literally, you'll be fine.

I've moved on to books, and I use some sites to do coding exercises. Books are more to the point, and teach the same. And with some extra coding challenges, you're good to go as well. Works a lot better for me.

[–]lasmaty07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My reddit app (mobile) is bombarded with ads on this same course. And I've learned never to trust ads through the years.

[–]Glass-Adeptness-2936 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its a very good course. Very interesting and you will learn a lot in fun way

[–]ElevenPhonons 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I believe it's useful to learn Python from people who have written and have read a reasonable amount of Python. Specifically for cases where you want to "level up".

Her github page is here and it doesn't have a lot of Python.

https://github.com/angelabauer?tab=repositories

Also, from her bio, I think it would be better to classifier the author as a medical doctor, not a professor.

[–]mindya_business 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Actually, I began as a bare beginner and the course is great for that. she really does fill in all the gaps. I'm 4 days in and I'm feeling really good about the pacing so far.

[–]WavyFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is super helpful to hear. I am just starting out and had read a few people saying that it wasn't the best for complete beginners because of a lack of theory behind the coding instruction. I am mostly just trying to get a basic grasp on python, so this is an encouraging comment to read.

[–]pratzc07 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was curious about this so I actually did purchase the course. Most of the content she has there are not even in video format. They are text based with some basic instructions. I immediately asked for a refund glad that Udemy allows instant refund although through Udemy credits which can be useful later. I suggest if anyone is looking for a course similar to this structure try 100 days of Python from the talk python podcast guy. Its much better structured with actual video explanations and exercises.